Breakfast

I remember exactly where I was when I had my first scone.  It was a Starbucks.  In Chicago.  I was picking up coffee for my boss and he asked for a cinnamon chip scone to go with it.  Huh.  This was way before I became a foodie and literally ate the same things over and over.  Hannah was probably about five and I used to...

Can we start out the blog post with the cutest picture evah! How cute is that??!!  Hannah had to work early yesterday and Red sleeps with me, so he usually wakes up when I do and I let him outside.  Rummy, the Boston Terrier, loves sleeping with Hannah and Jacob – unless she hears me and Red up and then all bets are off.  She’ll...

For readers who don’t follow me on social media, it’s the one time of year when I decide to cut my hair because once it gets long enough to go in a ponytail, that’s the only way I wear it.  I went over to a friends house on Saturday night, so Hannah did my make-up.  I am on the verge of coloring my hair to...

Wow, it’s been a while since I posted a recipe on here!  I found a recipe for Sweet Potato Florentine Breakfast Cups last weekend and had every intention of making them as written, but then I could not find sweet potato tots to save my life.  So, I went with generic store brand potato “coins.”  The bag I got was 30 ounces so I took...

My alarm went off yesterday morning and I was so nice and cozy.  I was under not only my sheets and comforter, but also our down comforter because I slept with the window open – perfect sleeping conditions!  Until I lifted off the covers and damn, it was cold!  I turned off the alarm and checked my weather app – no wonder – it was...

I had a great weekend.  The weather was awesome on Saturday and for the first time in a while, I had the whole house to myself until nearly 2 p.m. in the afternoon!  Both Hannah and Jacob were working, so I slept in until about 8:30, made my coffee and of course, started getting bizzy in my kitchen.  I was finishing up my meal plan...

I went to the ortho yesterday morning and within a minute of me getting to the office, they scooted me right in.  Did my blood pressure (a bit high 153/100 huh), asked a few questions and I was whisked into the x-ray room.  Four pictures later, I was up and back in the room I started in and she got on the computer and within...

Tony used to hate when I came home with more dishes, bowls, miscellaneous colored plates.  I would most of the time try to sneak them into the basement since in the last couple years of his life, going down to the basement was too many stairs, so I’d quickly come in the back door, run downstairs to hide my loot, and if he asked me...

I took advantage of the one day this week that was going to be nice outside and got my ass out of bed and took a 30 minute walk before work.  It was 46 degrees, brisk and glorious! Nearly all of the snow has melted, but the channel of the river is still pretty icy. By the time I got back home I’d already had...

This Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf will jump to the top of the list of recipes to try.   UPDATE!  I first wrote this recipe in 2015 and had comments of people who made it letting me know that while it tasted good, upon removing the loaf from the oven, the middle collapsed.  So I rewrote the recipe below – the rest of the post is from...